Sentences with phrase «survive acidification»
So even if corals survive acidification, reefs will not.
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Many researchers have speculated that most aquatic species won't be able to adapt in time to survive the acidification that has already begun, but there are some who are more optimistic.
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While ocean acidification has yet to plague the East Coast oyster industry, hatcheries in Oregon have struggled with persistent production failures, as oyster larvae fail to survive in more acidic waters.
Ricke and Caldeira, along with colleagues from Institut Pierre Simon Laplace and Stanford University, focused on the acidification of open ocean water surrounding coral reefs and how it affects a reef's ability to survive.
Pink salmon that begin life in freshwater with high concentrations of carbon dioxide, which causes acidification, are smaller and may be less likely to survive, according to a new study from UBC.
«We found that freshwater acidification affects pink salmon and may impact their ability to survive and ultimately return to their freshwater spawning grounds.»
COULD corals survive ocean acidification against the odds?
«Stanford seeks sea urchin's secret to surviving ocean acidification.»
(Which, as an aside, will be severely stunted by ocean acidification, if coral reefs survive at all.)
But Langdon's research shows that their efforts could be for naught because ocean acidification could eat away at the building blocks those corals will need to flourish (or at least survive).
This ocean acidification makes water more corrosive, reducing the capacity of marine organisms with shells or skeletons made of calcium carbonate (such as corals, krill, oysters, clams, and crabs) to survive, grow, and reproduce, which in turn will affect the marine food chain.7
Geologically «an - cient» species, which have survived large changes in ocean chemistry, are likely more resilient to predicted acidification....
Whether they could survive both a sustained rise in temperatures and the increasing acidification of the oceans that goes with higher carbon dioxide levels is another matter.